This article shows how to control which rows or cells to be read only.

Before Q2 2010 SP2, the RadGridView had only one property to control the read-only state - IsReadOnly, which either enables or disables editing at gridview level. The only solution was to subscribe to the BeginningEdit event and cancel it if you do not want to edit a particular cell.

In Q2 2010 SP2, we added a new property - IsReadOnlyBinding at a gridview and a column level. You can bind it to a boolean property of your business object. Here is how it works depending on where it is set: